Gustave Doré (1832–1883): Creation of Light. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.
Joel Kontinen
Recently, the titles of two articles in New Scientist magazine illustrated the current state of origins theories: The Genesis problem and Why physicists can't avoid a creation event.
“How do you get a universe, complete with the laws of physics, out of nothing?” the magazine asks. The text is surprisingly honest:
“YOU could call them the worst birthday presents ever. At the meeting of minds convened last week to honour Stephen Hawking's 70th birthday - loftily titled 'State of the Universe' - two bold proposals posed serious threats to our existing understanding of the cosmos.”
These proposals state that the universe must have had a beginning, when it came into being out of nothing. While they equate this creation event with the Big Bang, the Genesis 1:1 description – “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" – is an even more credible explanation of the origin of everything.
Sources:
Grossman, Lisa. 2012. Why physicists can't avoid a creation event. New Scientist 2847, 6-7.
The Genesis problem. New Scientist 2847, 3. (13 January 2012).
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